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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “loudly” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

34 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
 remove a letter ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
loudly103778(None) 
lordly1038751lordly
boldly12399422boldly
cloudily1444282cloudily
cloudy12517802cloud_y
coldly12459952coldly
doubly12328962doubly
dourly103210432dourly
fondly13299042fondly
foully1239012foully
godly104913292go_dly
goodly11419302goodly
hourly12369622hourly
lewdly1334392lewdly
logily1039832logily
lolly85120662lo_lly
lonely92912472lonely
longly10279602longly
loud55228042loud__
louden73711792louden
louder74414602louder
loungy10476832loungy
loury85716752lou_ry
lousily1038332lousily
lousy84617082lou_sy
lovely12339712lovely
lowly114113332lo_wly
mouldy12437412mouldy
oddly1037162_oddly
proudly1336322proudly
roundly1136722roundly
soundly1136682soundly
sourly93612212sourly
studly10397692studly

Search took 3 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

  1. Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
  2. DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
  3. Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.
SeqSearch PhaseWords CheckedWords MatchedSecondsWords Per Sec
1Length Filter178691825510.1231452772.4
2DLD Change Limit82551342.59331836.1
3Display Results34340.0162125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691342.73265406.7
 
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